帥 meaning and stroke order
Commander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart
How to write 帥, stroke by stroke
9 strokes in order. Each box adds the next stroke in red. Write top to bottom and left to right, and finish enclosing strokes last.
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Meaning of 帥
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, grouped by pronunciation.
- (bound form) commander-in-chief
- (bound form) to lead; to command
- handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant
- (coll.) cool!; sweet!
- (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
How 帥 is built
Ideographic (compound meaning) character. An army officer carrying a weapon 㠯 and a flag 巾.
Radical: 巾 (cloth), shared by 53 characters on this site.
How to remember 帥
The left side 㠯 (with 丿 on top) is a weapon, and the right side 巾 is a flag. An officer holding a weapon and a flag is the commander, and he looks very dashing doing it.
Today 帥 (simplified 帅) is used most often to mean handsome or cool, especially in 帅哥 (shuàigē) and 帅气 (shuàiqi). The commander meaning survives in words like 元帅 (yuánshuài) and 统帅 (tǒngshuài). Example: 你今天很帅。(Nǐ jīntiān hěn shuài.) You look sharp today.
Common mistake: Learners often confuse 帥 with 師 (shī, teacher), which shares the same left side but has 帀 on the right instead of 巾. Also keep the fourth tone in shuài; saying shuāi gives 摔, to fall down.
Common words with 帥
Ordered by HSK level, then by how often they appear in everyday Chinese.
Questions about 帥
How many strokes are in 帥?
帥 is written with 9 strokes. The diagrams on this page number every stroke in the order it is written, with the new stroke shown in red.
What does 帥 mean?
帥 (shuài) means commander; commander-in-chief; handsome, smart. A common word with it is 帅哥 (shuàigē), meaning "handsome guy; lady-killer".
How do you pronounce 帥?
帥 is pronounced shuài, in the fourth tone (falling).
What is the radical of 帥?
The radical of 帥 is 巾, which carries the idea of "cloth". Dictionaries list 帥 under this radical.
What is the simplified form of 帥?
帥 is a traditional character. Its simplified form is 帅, used in mainland China and Singapore.
Can 帅 be used to describe a woman?
It usually describes men, but people do say a woman is 很帅 when she looks cool, confident or stylish. For a pretty woman, 漂亮 (piàoliang) or 美 (měi) is more common.
How do you say awesome or so cool using 帅?
Say 帅呆了 (shuàidāile) or simply 太帅了 (tài shuài le). These are casual and work for people, actions or things, like a great goal in a game.